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Chess theory, an Uncommon card
The game of chess is commonly divided into three phases: the opening, middlegame, and endgame.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 70
- Power
- 143
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 37,000
Power 143 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Chess theory quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Chess theory card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
"Opening theory" commonly refers to consensus, broadly represented by current literature on the ______.
Answer
openings. "Opening theory" commonly refers to consensus, broadly represented by current literature on the openings. From the Chess theory article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Lenticular galaxy. Lenticular galaxy 56,000 · Chess theory 37,000 · Ara 29,000 · Balloon 21,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- There is a large body of theory regarding how the game should be played in each of these phases, especially the opening and endgame.
- Those who write about chess theory, who are often also eminent players, are referred to as "chess theorists" or "chess theoreticians".
- "Opening theory" commonly refers to consensus, broadly represented by current literature on the openings.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Chess theory article was read about 37,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 70: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Chess theory (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Michael Volkov, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
